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.TH mate-screensaver-command 1 "2007\-09\-27" "MATE"
.SH NAME
mate-screensaver-command \- controls MATE screensaver
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mate-screensaver-command
.RI [ OPTION... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
mate-screensaver-command is a tool for controlling an already running instance of mate-screensaver.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-\-exit
Causes the screensaver to exit gracefully
.TP
.B \-q, \-\-query
Query the state of the screensaver
.TP
.B \-t, \-\-time
Query the length of time the screensaver has been active
.TP
.B \-l, \-\-lock
Tells the running screensaver process to lock the screen immediately
.TP
.B \-u, \-\-unlock
Tells the running screensaver process to unlock the screen immediately
.TP
.B \-c, \-\-cycle
If the screensaver is active then switch to another graphics demo
.TP
.B \-a, \-\-activate
Turn the screensaver on (blank the screen)
.TP
.B \-d, \-\-deactivate
If the screensaver is active then deactivate it (un-blank the screen)
.TP
.B \-p, \-\-poke
Poke the running screensaver to simulate user activity
.TP
.B \-i, \-\-inhibit
Inhibit the screensaver from activating. Command blocks while inhibit
is active.
.TP
.B \-n, \-\-application-name
The calling application that is inhibiting the screensaver
.TP
.B \-r, \-\-reason
The reason for inhibiting the screensaver
.TP
.B \-V, \-\-version
Version of this application
.SH AUTHORS
.B
This manual page was originally written by Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> for gnome-screensaver-command.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR "mate-screensaver" (1)

